In the press: Researchers from the Faculty speak in the F.A.Z. about changing requirements in tax departments
How do companies react to the growing complexity of tax regulations, increasing reporting obligations and technological change? In an article for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Dr Henning Giese, Kim Alina Schulz and Prof. Dr Caren Sureth-Sloane from Paderborn University explain how the demands on tax experts are changing as a result of complex tax reforms and in light of increasing digitalisation and the use of artificial intelligence (AI).
The results of their study show Technological progress, together with the large number of regulatory changes, is not currently leading to fewer staff, but is changing the job profiles in tax departments. Companies are increasingly looking for hybrid professionals who combine tax expertise with technological understanding and analytical skills.
"Technology is not replacing people, it is changing job profiles," the researchers emphasise. Tomorrow's tax experts must not only be able to interpret paragraphs, but also apply algorithms in a critically reflective manner. The study makes it clear that traditional tax expertise will remain crucial - supplemented by digital skills in dealing with data, AI and modern analysis tools. This creates new interfaces between regulation, technology and corporate strategy.
The article was written as part of the Collaborative Research Centre TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency, which investigates how accounting and taxation influence corporate and regulatory transparency and how regulations and transparency affect our economy and society. The full article was published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung under the title "Paragraphen und Künstliche Intelligenz meistern".
